SEASONAL ABUNDANCE OF SOME JAPANESE PIPUNCULID FLIES (DIPTERA : PIPUNCULIDAE) IN PADDY FIELDS

As part of the studies on the pipunculid flies in paddy fields, their seasonal abundance and percentage parasitism in the green rice leafhopper N. cincticeps were studied in insecticide-treated and untreated paddy fields. Four pipunculid species were frequently caught from August to October. The percentage of parasitism in host adults by the flies was high in June- July and in October-November